Sharaku (1995)
2h 20m
Running Time
June 2, 1995Release Date
Sharaku (1995)
2h 20m
Running Time
June 2, 1995Release Date
Plot.
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, and describes the emanicipation of a man who refuses to let himself become the plaything of power and money.
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Cast & Crew.
Hiroyuki Sanada
Tonbo
Frankie Sakai
Tsutaya
Shima Iwashita
Troupe Leader
Shirō Sano
Utamaro
Tsurutaro Kataoka
Goro
Riona Hazuki
Hanasato
Masahiro Shinoda
Director
Midori Katakura
Writer
Toshiya Nagasawa
Tetsuzō
Haruko Katō
Ofuji
Hiroko Minagawa
Writer
Taiko Shinbashi
Osato
Masato Hara
Producer
Masumi Miyazaki
Gohi
Toru Takemitsu
Composer
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Santō Kyōden
Tatsuo Suzuki
Cinematographer
Takashi Tsumura
Manager Yohei
Naomasa Musaka
Tsuruya Namboku IV
Naoto Takenaka
Ōta Nanpo
Bandō Mitsugorō X
Matsudaira Sadanobu
Tomijuro Nakamura V
Ichikawa Danjūrō V
Ichikawa Danzō IX
Ichikawa Omezō I
Nakamura Shibajaku VII
Iwai Hanshirō IV
Eisuke Sasai
Tomisaburo Segawa
Hiroshi Arikawa
Tsuruya Kiemon
Hiroki Ôkawa
Sakichi
Hirohide Abe
Editor
Noriyoshi Ikeya
Production Design
Tetsuo Segawa
Sound Recordist
Setsu Asakura
Costume Designer
Kenichi Mizuno
Lighting Technician
Media.
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Wiki.
Sharaku (Japanese: 写楽) is a 1995 Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.